Compete.com

Compete.com
Compete.com
Type Subsidiary
Founded 2000
Founder Bill Gross
Headquarters Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Area served U.S. Internet Users
Industry Online Competitive Intelligence
Products MyCompete (free), Compete Pro Standard, Compete Pro Advanced, Compete Pro Enterprise
Services Site Profile, Search Analytics, Referral Analytics, Ranked Lists, Category Profile, Compete Blog
Owner Kantar Group (WPP)
Website http://www.compete.com
Alexa rank decrease 864 (November 2011)[1]
Type of site web traffic and ranking
Available in English
Current status active

Compete.com is a web traffic analysis service of Compete, Inc. which operates in the United States and publishes the approximate number of global visitors to the top 1,000,000 web sites in the world. This number is computed from sources including internet service providers, opt-in panels, application providers, and users of the Compete toolbar.

Contents

Services

Compete.com provides two categories of information:

  • Site Analytics, a free service, where the user can enter up to five domain names and receive Traffic Volume for the entered Websites.
  • Search Analytics, a paid service that shows the user which keywords are sending traffic to the user's website and its competitors.[2]

Company history

Compete.com is a service of Compete, Inc., which was launched in 2000 by Bill Gross, an entrepreneur who started the search engine GoTo.[3] In March 2008, London market research company TNS purchased Compete, Inc. for $150 million.[4]

Compete.com has more than 2 million members as of 2008.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Compete.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/Compete.com. Retrieved 2011-11-02. 
  2. ^ McGill University CMIS 530 Web Analytics Blog Web Analytics blog
  3. ^ "Compete: FAQ". http://www.compete.com/help. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 
  4. ^ http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/08/21/tripadvisor-takes-flipkey-majority-stake/
  5. ^ Compete Takes On Alexa - Launches SnapShot and Social Search - ReadWriteWeb

External links


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